An essay on the importance of cultural diversity and cultural competence Julie K Drouillard Devry institute SOC 350 July 2009 The United States is a country consisting of many cultures‚ races and religions. The United States is becoming increasingly diverse and global‚ with many minority cultures and races developing into majority cultures and races. Newer religions take their place alongside traditional faiths. Both cultural and spiritual differences in people are potential causes for misunderstanding
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Cultural Autobiography When I first saw in the syllabus the type of paper we would be writing for this course I thought about what culture means to me. What was the culture of my family? Where did we come from? How did we end up in Virginia? How did we end up believing some of the things we believe? To me culture was basically how I was raisedmy behaviors‚ beliefs‚ values‚ and ideas cultivated during my youth and its evolvement as I grew into an adult. This truly was to be a very interesting and
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CROSS CULTURAL COMMUNICATION BARRIERS AND CULTURAL FRAMEWORKS 1. Entrance This study’s purpose is define‚ discuss and evaluate cross cultural communication’s beginning‚ development and class the approach’s and description’s. Cross cultural communication’s main research is peoples culture which are having very different daily and community life. If this culture begins to interact the other culture it will be subject of cross cultural communication. Cross cultural communication is a very new area
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Social norms are created through both cultural values and presentation of self‚ with these concepts of reality being constantly learned throughout our lives by means of social interaction as well as outside influences such as media‚ movies‚ television‚ and even observing strangers. Through these interactions and influences we determine what is publically acceptable in our society and conform ourselves to these social norms in order to remain in sync‚ by upholding our self presentation and social
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Moral schools of thought dictate ethical behavior‚ however‚ every culture assigns ethical and moral values differently (Lecture 1). Without a moral or ethical structure‚ society would not prosper. Clashing cultural values make defining morality complicated. Ethicists argue the minimum conception of morality establishes a starting point based on reason that defines and installs a code of morality or ethics. The minimum conception of morality is an “effort to guide one’s conduct by reason—that is
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Cultural Identity Barrera Vianney English P:1st We live in a world where no one is the same. We all go through things because of the way we look‚ speak‚ what we believe in‚ our social status‚ or where we come from. We are all different. Those differences are what makes us special. Sometimes what makes us special makes us feel left out too. I have felt left out in some points of my life. I think everyone has felt left out at some time. Throughout my life I have‚ especially now
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We are considered fortunate to live in the world that we do today. Material things seem to be bountiful‚ science and technology simply keeps on advancing‚ and we are all busy and hard at work in school or making money to achieve certain things in life by whatever means. In particular‚ science and technology has introduced so many significant inventions and conveniences to society that we cannot help but feel that we need to have these things. The products and services out there being advertised
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Introduction: Nowadays‚ climate change has drawn many attention due to the increasing awareness of sustainability. Kyoto Protocol has been signed by 192 parties and it comes to be mandatory for 37 developed nations (UN‚ 2014). Under Kyoto Protocol‚ Emission Trading Scheme has been set up for the purpose of reducing greenhouse gases. It allows emission rights to be traded between countries to help governments meeting the gas emissions reduction target (Evans‚ 2012). However‚ how to report the value
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Influences on Arizona Teachers Learning Team C EDU /301 May 27‚ 2013 Danielle Voyer Influences on Teachers in Arizona Teachers have to be resilient‚ persistent‚ considerate‚ and willing to wear more than one hat at all times to be an exceptional educator. As an educator in Arizona‚ one will encounter positive and negative influences to overcome. However‚ one believes in his or her own personal philosophy this will be motivation to work even harder to educate students
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Subject: Culture shock When we think about traveling‚ we don’t usually think about the "side effects" that it might have. Now‚ I’m going to talk about one of them that is called "culture shock" and try to connect with the experience I had abroad. Culture shock is a subject that’s been studied for many psychologists and can be defined as a feeling of uncertainty‚ confusion or anxiety that people experience when they live in or visit a different culture. In the studies they classified that in
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